ENG101.12. Spring 2015. Emory University.
I have finally finished my mapping of Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. Compared to Tracing Persepolis, this project was more arduous and perhaps even more time-intensive. I am not a very analytical thinker and instead think about things in a black and white manner. As such, I struggled to form a detailed analysis like this one. To check out my map and examination of the text, click here. To take a look at the project guidelines, click here. I hope you enjoy my project!
For this Sunday Funny I used Scotch tape to make a replica of Gary from Spongebob Squarepants.
This is my 8th Sunday Funny! The objective was to take an object from our surroundings and create a sketch on paper around it. Try and guess what image I created!
This project was by far the most difficult project that I have done so far. I had to read through Fun Home again, and mark the important points and do a lot of reading between the lines (or panels). However, the most difficult part of the project was to find a simple yet meaningful way to organize and map out the pattern that I have found in the book. Here is the link to the assignment prompt.
In Fun Home, the most important patterns that stuck out to me was how important her dad’s actions were in her life even though she did not realize it in her youth. As she constructs the memoir, she focuses on how she think that his death was a result of her coming out. By constructing the album, Bechdel captures the objective reality of Allison while playing with the memories in the book. Allison is yearning to connect with her father. so hints at certain mannerisms, which starkly differ from her actions in order to convey a cycle.
For example, on page 15, At a young age she notices how different her and her father were. He liked her to wear dresses, while she preferred trousers. He liked to keep things tidy and she was messy. She recalls herself as being the “Spartan to her father’s Athenian”.
While later on in the book, on page 117, she reflects the idea of her father’s death being her beginning. Moreover, she clarifies that “the end of his lie coincided with the beginning of my [her] truth.” She is able to locate her personal narrative in history, as she notices the life of her father. My abstract model successfully conveys how her personal narrative comes alive throughout her focus on her dad’s life. Although this assignment was extremely difficult, it was well worth it for my understanding of the book. Enjoy!
Citations:
Bechdel, Alison. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. Print.
For this weeks Sunday Funnies project, I decided to use a q-tip as a barbell.
http://eng101s15.davidmorgen.org/2015/03/sunday-funnies-8-sunday-sketches/
For this week’s Sunday Funnies , I made a sketch out of everyday object, in this case, a sharpie.
For this week’s Sunday Funnies assignment, I used a USB stick as the back of a shipping truck to make my own sunday sketch in a similar style to Chritoph Niemann.
For this week’s Sunday Funnies assignment, I used the apple logo on my computer to recreate the PAC-MAN game. This idea came to me while I was playing PAC-MAN using the new feature on google maps. I darkened the picture to make the light from the apple logo standout.